Ross Sterling Turner (American, 1847-1915)
A Mexican Street Scene
Signed and dated "Ross Turner 98" l.r.
Watercolor and graphite on paper, sight size 19 x 13 in. (48.3 x 33.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Toning, staining, not examined out of frame.
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Description:
ROSS STERLING TURNER (American, 1847-1915) Bouquet of Roses, 1879 Oil on canvas 16-3/4 x 21-1/2 inches (42.5 x 54.6 cm) Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: Ross Turner / Venice 79 THE JEAN AND GRAHAM DEVOE WILLIFORD CHARITABLE TRUST Graham Williford had a special fondness for the exuberant work of Ross Sterling Turner, who was born in Westport, New York, established himself in Boston, Massachusetts, and received his artistic training in Europe. In 1876, Turner went initially to Paris and then to study at the Munich Academy, where he met fellow Americans William Merritt Chase and Frank Duveneck. Like them, Turner developed a thick, painterly style associated with the Munich style that can be felt in this still life he painted a few years later in Venice. He became close friends with Constantin Bolonachi, a Greek painter whose marine subject matter would influence Turner's work. About 1879, Turner traveled to Florence, Rome and Venice to study the Old Masters, and in Italy his work became increasingly concerned with the effects of light and color, as is fully evident in this jewel-hued still life he created in Venice-the city traditionally associated with the primacy of color over line. Indeed in the rich crimsons and vermilions it is hard not to see the influence of Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto.